TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. A correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
AU - Peñuelas-Urquides, Katia
AU - Villarreal-Treviño, Licet
AU - Silva-Ramírez, Beatriz
AU - Rivadeneyra-Espinoza, Liliana
AU - Said-Fernández, Salvador
AU - de León, Mario Bermúdez
PY - 2013/6/25
Y1 - 2013/6/25
N2 - The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600measurements displayed similar growth curves, while cfu quantification showed a continuous growth curve. We determined the cfu equivalents to McFarland and OD600units. © 2013, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.
AB - The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600measurements displayed similar growth curves, while cfu quantification showed a continuous growth curve. We determined the cfu equivalents to McFarland and OD600units. © 2013, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.
U2 - 10.1590/S1517-83822013000100042
DO - 10.1590/S1517-83822013000100042
M3 - Article
SP - 287
EP - 290
JO - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
JF - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
SN - 1517-8382
ER -